People forget how much hatred Saban received...

Embrace the hate. It’s fun being a villain

I mean, if Lane is at LSU for a decade and a half, then it's worth it.

Chances are though, he won't stay that long, whether that means he has success here and tries the NFL again or puts up Kelly numbers and is tarmac'd after 3-4 seasons.

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i really don't see that happening... i really think he will emulate Saban and will be totally fine just being a great college coach....

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There is nothing that says Lane can stay in one place longterm.

He has also alluded to wanting another shot in the NFL.

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There is nothing that says Lane can stay in one place longterm.

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no, i get that... and yeah, that's the fear with hiring Lane... but i just think he's tried the NFL, and it just not his thing... i could be wrong... but i think with a mentor like Saban, i could see him heeding the advice to remain in college, wherever that may be, vs. going to the NFL....

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He has also alluded to wanting another shot in the NFL.

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recently, meaning since he got sober and shite, or before then.... not saying it was the booze talking, but he seems to be a different type of dude since getting sober... much more introspective and what not

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He alluded to it at least once this year when asked about it.

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then maybe so... i'm not all that concerned about it, and who knows how much interest there really may end up being from NFL teams for him anyway... the NFL seems pretty set on promoting young, up and coming coordinators right now... it may swing back to hire the hottest college coach, eventually

from Nov. 2024:

But the Rebels head coach has no interest in returning to the NFL. He explained on The Herd with Colin Cowherd why he likes coaching at the college level over the NFL.

"I really enjoy where we're at, I really enjoy it," he said (4:00 mark). "Also, when you win, the thing that I don't like about the NFL is when you win, you kind of get punished. You draft last. When you win more in college, you're able to get better players because now they see, 'Man, i can go there and win championships, I can go there and beat Georgia.' We've spent a lot of time to get it up to this place, that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to me."

When Nick Saban left the Dolphins for Alabama, he had two conference championships and one national championship. Lame has 0 conference championships and 0 national championships.